Prairie SettlementThe Oblinger
Family and their LettersThe letters from the Uriah W. Oblinger
Collection reveal the life and
struggles of Uriah, his two wives, Mattie Thomas and Laura Bacon, their
children, relatives, and associates. Information about the letters, and
the correspondents, is available in several forms: a narrative about the
letters; biographical notes about the correspondents and people mentioned
in the letters; and detailed genealogies for some people in the Oblinger
family tree.